{"id":22145,"date":"2016-02-17T00:00:08","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T05:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/?p=22145"},"modified":"2018-10-20T16:41:53","modified_gmt":"2018-10-20T20:41:53","slug":"22145","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/?p=22145","title":{"rendered":"Serendipity February Blog Hop!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bicycle
\n<\/a>\"Weekly-Favorite\"<\/a>x9\"best-of-2016-scs-smaller\"<\/a><\/sup><\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/a>Welcome to the February\u00a0Blog Hop<\/span>\u00a0for<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Serendipity Stamps<\/a><\/strong><\/span>!\u00a0If you arrived here from<\/span> Mary’s Blog<\/a><\/span>,<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>you are in the right place..if not, you may want to head over there first.<\/span><\/span>
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\n<\/span>The Prize – One $20 gift code will go to one random commenter from the blogs. So be sure\u00a0\u00a0to visit all the blogs because you don’t know which one the winner will be drawn from. You have\u00a0through Sunday February 21\u00a0to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will \u00a0announce a winner on February 22.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Each month a different image is\u00a050% off.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0This month- it\u2019s the Tandem Bicycle Set<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>The special is 40% off one item.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Enter \u201c40fromhigh0216\u201d to get 40% off the highest priced item in the cart. \u00a0Good through 2\/21.<\/span>\u00a0Be sure to check out the great deals on the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Clearance Stamps<\/a><\/strong><\/span>! \u00a0 On the third Wednesday of every month., we’ll be celebrating with a Blog Hop!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0For another chance to win, \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>be sure to play along with our monthly challenge. You can get all the details on the challeng<\/span><\/span>e\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>HERE<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\"Bicycle
\n<\/a>The idea for my card came from a painting I saw somewhere. I don’t know who painted it or if they used oil, acrylic or water color, but I loved all the vibrant color & that stuck with me. My background is done w\/ Brushos water color crystals on water color paper. I did a few washes but since the water colors\u00a0are powder\/crystal form, I wet the areas first, sprinkled a little of the color I wanted (the first was the turquoise), then worked them a bit w\/ the paint brush. In most cases, I let the previous color dry before I moved to the next color. Toward the end, I added some almost dry brush strokes in some areas & I helped the yellow drip on down the page. Since it really made no sense to have a detailed image, I put the tandem bicycle<\/a><\/strong><\/span> in my Misti, stamped it few times (to get good coverage, since the paper has texture) w\/ Versafine then used a black Tombow marker (water based) to fill it in and make a silhouette out of it. A white gelly roll pen was used to add the highlights on the bike. It was then die cut a couple of times w\/ a white layer inserted in between & the greeting<\/a><\/strong><\/span> added on top.
\n\"Bicycle
\n<\/a><\/span>Here’s the inside…I kept it pretty simple.<\/span>
\n\"Bicycle
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Stamps: Serendipity Stamps –Tandem Bicycle<\/a>, Miss You, \u00a0<\/a>(inside – Thinking of You<\/a>)<\/span><\/b>
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Paper:<\/b>\u00a0 white, water color<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ink:\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Versafine onyx<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Accessories:\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Spellbinders A2\u00a0matting basics A & B, curved border dies, Brushos water color crystals, fishtail flag dies, black Tombow marker, white gel pen, Misti<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

For the Serendipity Monthly Challenge…Anything Goes<\/a><\/strong><\/span>,<\/span> I made a birthday card with the cute little Bird Bath<\/a><\/strong><\/span> image.
\n\"Birdbath
\n<\/a>\"Weekly-Favorite\"<\/a>
\n<\/a>I already had the front piece w\/ the stitched circle cut out so I stamped the little bird bath on a separate piece, colored it, masked it, then sponged the yellow from the top & blue from the bottom. After removing the mask, I over stamped it w\/ Versafine (it was still in my Misti) then placed the frame around it.
\n\"Birdbath
\n<\/a>For the extra little birds, I had to do a mirror image by stamping it onto acrylic then stamping the acrylic to the paper. After I colored them, I went over the left\u00a0facing one w\/ a Micron pen to sharpen the lines then I fussy cut them both. I added the die cut & sponged Birthday and left the lower section of it in place. 2 of the clouds I added are from the Hot Air Balloon die & the large one is another die cut.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are the Copics I used & below it is the inside. Again, it’s on the simple side, but when you don’t use designer paper, you don’t have any left to work with, lol.<\/span>
\n\"Birdbath
\n<\/a>\"Birdbath
\n<\/a>Supplies:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Stamps:\u00a0Serendipity Stamps\u00a0Bird Bath<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>(inside –\u00a0Everyday Words small horizontal<\/a>)<\/span><\/b>
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Paper:<\/b>\u00a0 Neenah white, X-Press It white\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ink:\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx(to over stamp), Distress inks in tumbled glass, squeezed lemonade<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Accessories:\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Serendipity Birthday<\/a>, Hot Air Balloons Reverse<\/a><\/strong> dies<\/strong><\/span>, Spellbinders A2\u00a0matting basics A dies, Copic markers, stitched rectangle dies, double stitched circle dies, Misti<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Now I’ll send you on to<\/span>\u00a0<\/a>Karen’s blog<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span>.I’m sure she’ll have something fabulous to show you!\u00a0<\/span>Please be sure to visit all of the DT Blogs to increase your chance of winning! Here’s the order in case you get\u00a0lost.<\/span>
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Mary’s Blog<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Julie Warner<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(you are here!)<\/span><\/p>\n

Karen Amidon<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Marybeth Lopez<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Miriam Na<\/span>pier<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vickie Zimmer<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Jeanne Jac<\/a><\/span>hna<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Jenny Gropp<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks so much for stopping by!
\n\"Julie2<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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x9 Welcome to the February\u00a0Blog Hop\u00a0for\u00a0Serendipity Stamps!\u00a0If you arrived here from Mary’s Blog,\u00a0\u00a0you are in the right place..if not, you may want to head over there first. The Prize – One $20 gift code will go to one random commenter from the blogs. So be sure\u00a0\u00a0to visit all the blogs because you don’t know which one the winner will be drawn from. You have\u00a0through Sunday February 21\u00a0to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will \u00a0announce a winner on February 22.\u00a0\u00a0Each month a different image is\u00a050% off.\u00a0This month- it\u2019s the Tandem Bicycle Set..\u00a0\u00a0The special is 40% off one item.\u00a0Enter \u201c40fromhigh0216\u201d to get 40% off the highest priced item in the cart. \u00a0Good through 2\/21.\u00a0Be sure to check out the great deals on the\u00a0Clearance Stamps! \u00a0 On the third Wednesday of every month., we’ll be celebrating with a Blog Hop!\u00a0\u00a0For another chance to win, \u00a0be sure to play along with our monthly challenge. You can get all the details on the challenge\u00a0HERE. The idea for my card came from a painting I saw somewhere. I don’t know who painted it or if they used oil, acrylic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[654,105,514,34,14,446,12],"tags":[125,562,468,561,517,114,115,448,142],"class_list":["post-22145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-best-of-2016","category-sceneslandscapes","category-serendipity-stamps","category-nestabilities","category-scs-challenges","category-scs-weekly-favorite","category-watercolor","tag-blog-hop","tag-brushos","tag-copic","tag-misti","tag-serendipity-stamps","tag-spellbinders","tag-scs","tag-splitcoast-weekly-favorite","tag-water-color"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22145\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}